With work on the downtown tunnel set to begin in the next term, O’Brien is promising to make revitalizing the Sparks Street Mall a priority.

“Right now it’s primarily used for people eating lunches on the weekday,” said O’Brien. “It needs something. It needs a little spice and I want to put it on the agenda.”

Mayoral candidate Jim Watson didn’t really criticize the concept, only because the details where too vague.

“For the life of me I can’t figure out what his vision is,” said Watson. “I didn’t see anything new in Mr. O’Brien’s initiative. I certainly didn’t see what the cost of what he’s proposing is going to be. I’m at a loss for words as to what he’s up to.”